Beate Ling
Beate Ling (* 1961 in Pforzheim ) is a German singer of Christian music.
Live and act
Already in her teenage years, the pastor's daughter appeared in church services as a singer and began singing training at the Italian Belcanto School while she was still in school. After graduating from high school with a music performance course and a singing exam, he went on to study teaching at the Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Education with a focus on singing. In addition, she studied musicals, art songs and chamber music with a special focus on the laws of phonetics. After her second state examination in 1987, she received a scholarship for additional vocal training in Los Angeles , USA . There she took part in the Speech Level Singing training program developed by Seth Riggs .
After Ling had worked as a backing singer in various bands, she began her solo concert activity in 1989, initially under the married name of Beate Ling-Zappel. In 1991 her debut album Solo was released . This and the following album Herztöne (1993) were arranged and produced by Hans-Werner Scharnowski . Her third album So far, so good , in which she addresses the accidental death of her brother and the end of their marriage, was released in 1997, also produced by Hans-Werner Scharnowski, together with Lothar Kosse and Paul Janz . After a six-year break, the concept album Green was released in 2003 - a tribute to Keith Green , whose songs were translated into German by copywriters such as Manfred Siebald , Christoph Zehendner , Jürgen Werth and Andreas Malessa . In 2006 snapshots were published , which in addition to compiled earlier recordings also contains new titles and cover versions . The album Up to Here - and Much Further (2007) gives partly humorous, partly profound insights into the middle of life. In 2014 she recorded her favorite songs in the album of the same name, produced, arranged and accompanied by music by pianist Michael Schlierf .
In addition to her more than 800 concerts of her own, Ling also appears again and again at concerts and stage projects (formerly e.g. Jona , Helmut Jost Band, Felsenfest , Episodes and Relationships ) by Christian musicians such as Johannes Nitsch , Christian Löer , Helmut Jost and Christoph Zehendner and is involved in many studio productions as a singer.
As a vocal coach she taught the singers of Normal Generation? on the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, which reached third place before the Kelly Family. On behalf of the Stella Entertainment Group , she trained the actors of the musicals Miss Saigon and Cats for several years . From 2007 to 2011 she was a lecturer in pop singing at the Evangelical University for Church Music in Tübingen . Today she lives as a freelance singer and voice coach in Stuttgart.
For several years now, she has also been working increasingly as a speaker for women's breakfast meetings in German-speaking countries and enriches the music landscape with specialist lectures and seminars on everything to do with voice and personality.
Quote
“Singing means: giving yourself, putting your whole personality into a song, a word, a certain tone. Only those who sing like this trigger something in the people who listen! "
Discography
Albums
| year | title | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | solo | Gerth media | Album contains the music title "Männergesellschaft" (published 1990 by Hänssler Music ) in secondary use |
| 1993 | Heart sounds | Gerth media | |
| 1997 | So far so good | Gerth media | |
| 2003 | Green | Gerth media | Concept album about Keith Green |
| 2007 | Up to here - and much further | Gerth media | |
| 2014 | Favorite songs | Gerth media | Acoustic remake album |
| 2018 | Breathe life | SCM Hänssler |
EP
| year | title | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Island times | Gerth media | Collaboration concept with pianist Michael Schlierf |
Compilations
The following list is limited exclusively to compilation albums with Beate Ling as the express subject of the compilation.
| year | title | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 |
Best Of Beate Ling songs from "Solo" and "Heart Tones" |
Gerth media | Compilation of secondary exploitation titles mainly from the mentioned studio albums and from "So far, so good" |
| 2006 |
Snapshots from 1990 to today |
Gerth media | Compilation of secondary exploitation titles from 1990–2003 as well as three titles in first publication |
Participation in concepts and projects
| year | title | Main interpreter or concept initiator | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Living Water | Living Water | Scene Records | |
| 1982 | Open my eyes | Living Water | Scene Records | |
| 1986 | The earth | Music: Richard Geppert , Tobias Seyb , Klaus-Dieter Kienzle , text: Birgit Kley | boulevard | |
| 1986 | Bright spots | Klaus Heizmann | Resonance music production | Label at first appearance still name Verlag Hans-Rudolf Hintermann record production |
| 1987 | Color comes into your life | Klaus Heizmann | Hänssler Music | |
| 1987 | Abundantly given | Klaus Heizmann | Resonance music production | Label at first appearance still name Verlag Hans-Rudolf Hintermann record production |
| 1988 | From good powers 2: Succession | Siegfried Fietz | Abacus music | |
| 1989 | I throw my song up at the sky | Klaus Heizmann | Resonance music production | |
| 1989 | Israel Shalom | Klaus Heizmann | Hänssler Music | |
| 1990 | Sing with us 1 | Axel Schruhl | Hänssler Music | |
| 1990 | Sing with us 2 | Axel Schruhl | Hänssler Music | |
| 1991 | I throw my song up at the sky 2 | Klaus Heizmann | Resonance music production | |
| 1991 | Facilitated | Klaus Heizmann | Resonance music production | |
| 1991 | God gives courage to live | Klaus Heizmann | Gerth media | |
| 1992 | God hears your prayer | Klaus Heizmann | Gerth media | |
| 1993 | The trip to Jerusalem | Hella Heizmann | Gerth media | |
| 1993 | Reveal your glory | Andreas Claus , Florian Sitzmann | Hänssler Music | |
| 1993 | I throw my song up in the sky 3 | Klaus Heizmann | Resonance music production | |
| 1994 | Glory to God in the highest | Jochen Rieger | Gerth media | |
| 1994 | Rock solid | Johannes Nitsch | Rock solid | |
| 1994 | Day By Day: White Gospel | Jochen Rieger | Gerth media | |
| 1995 | Sing of joy | Jochen Rieger | Gerth media | |
| 1996 | PS: songs of life | Hans-Werner Scharnowski | Rock solid | |
| 1997 | Annual songs 1 | Hans-Werner Scharnowski | Rock solid | |
| 1998 | God's word - we like it | Klaus Heizmann | Gerth media | |
| 1999 | consequences | Johannes Nitsch | Rock solid | |
| 1999 |
Silent Night Dreamlike Christmas carols |
Michael Gundlach | Migu Music | |
| 2000 | Most beautiful Lord Jesus | Helmut Jost | Gerth media | |
| 2000 | Relationships | Christoph Zehendner , Manfred Staiger | Hänssler Music | |
| 2000 | Friendship | Evangelical Singers Association , Jochen Rieger | Gerth media | |
| 2002 | Bless me | Arne Kopfermann | Gerth media | |
| 2006 | By God's grace | David Plüss | Abacus music | |
| 2006 | The white rider | Werner Hoffmann | Rock solid | |
| 2006 | Musical encounters with Dietrich Bonhoeffer | Jochen Rieger | Gerth media | |
| 2014 | The way in the garden of life | Siegfried Fietz | Abacus music |
Web link
Individual evidence
- ↑ Singen: From dealing with grief and separation , suedkurier.de, accessed on January 15, 2017.
- ↑ Susanne Yvette Walter: About the power of songs , swp.de, article from October 10, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ling, Beate |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ling-Zappel, Beate (former name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pforzheim |